Both are amazing football players but our CB depth has some potential. If we lost Earl, Margos? Johnson? Would have to take over. Neither are even close to the same guy. Earls speed and instincts allow us to play press coverage and have Kam play close to the line for run support. With Earl playing deep center it prevents the huge plays.

While we need both to have a championship roster. I think Earl allows us to do more scheme wise.

I voted for Earl because he is the player we could least afford to lose out of the two. I say this because of the depth behind Sherman, with players like Thurmond, Maxwell and Simon we could lose him and still have good corner play while I don't think we could say the same if we lost Earl at safety.

Who's the seahawks number one player? Who has more of an impact? Who could we least afford to lose?

Let's end this discussion right now

Interesting set of questions. I answered the poll just for the first one question, which I think is clearly Richard Sherman for reasons that I've pointed out in the other thread.

I'll make a new explanation for the new questions.

I think Richard Sherman has more of an impact on this football team. On offense, you have Marshawn Lynch setting the tone of how we want to play. On defense, I think Richard Sherman is almost certainly that player. He not only physically dominates his opposition, but he mentally gets into their head and the QB's head. He forces throws his way just by getting the other team frustrated with him, because he knows he can stop them. He's a HUGE reason why our lackluster pass rush reaches the QB so often, like in the Green Bay game. No one questions that a lot of those sacks were coverage sacks. Sherman's game translates over to the pass rush so much, and he's about as solid as they get at the CB position as a perimeter run defender. I think the 1st and 2nd question pretty much coincide with one another.

As far as the 3rd and final question is concerned, I think the answer is easily Earl Thomas. And the answer comes down to who is behind both of these guys. CB is perhaps the deepest position on the entire team. If you lose Richard Sherman, you're getting either Walter Thurmond, Byron Maxwell, Jeremy Lane, or Tharold Simon, pretty much all players I would be comfortable playing a game or two (assuming Simon plays the way I think he can).

If Earl goes down, you pretty much have Maragos as the only guy that's a natural FS. I don't really trust him starting in any capacity and I think he would get exposed. Jeron Johnson could play there, but he's a natural SS that I would see failing in a full-game role. Earl is a huge part of this defense and we would lose a lot if his leadership was off the field._________________

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Sherm is more rounded (and hence better in my book), Earl has more of an impact and he is also the one who we could least afford to lose.

If Earl wasn't in Seattle, Brandon Browner would be on the street and Sherm would not be able to play as much press coverage as he does.

I'd say the opposite, I believe Earl is more well rounded and can be an elite level safety in nearly every situation. He's proven alot against the run in the last year or 2.

As good as Sherm is, he is strictly a press corner who plays outside. He can't play the nickel. Earl can play pretty much every spot in the secondary at a near pro bowl level.

Earl will be a generational talent, he's the new Ed Reed in my mind and I have HOF expectations for him if he could ever just hold onto the ball haha

Earl allows us to do EVERYTHING we do on D. Without him we can't let Kam do what he does and come up to the line of scrimage the way he does. Earl makes Sherm and especially Browner better, they can be sooooo aggressive because they have Earl over the top to break almost anything up.

Sherm has the stats and the flash, Earl is the most impactfull player in any secondary in the NFL. Yes more than Revis and Sherm, they lock down 1 guy. Earl changes the look and ability of your entire defense._________________L.O.B.- D!CK, BOOM BOOM, ET, BB.

Sherm is more rounded (and hence better in my book), Earl has more of an impact and he is also the one who we could least afford to lose.

If Earl wasn't in Seattle, Brandon Browner would be on the street and Sherm would not be able to play as much press coverage as he does.

I'd say the opposite, I believe Earl is more well rounded and can be an elite level safety in nearly every situation. He's proven alot against the run in the last year or 2.

As good as Sherm is, he is strictly a press corner who plays outside. He can't play the nickel. Earl can play pretty much every spot in the secondary at a near pro bowl level.

Earl will be a generational talent, he's the new Ed Reed in my mind and I have HOF expectations for him if he could ever just hold onto the ball haha

Earl allows us to do EVERYTHING we do on D. Without him we can't let Kam do what he does and come up to the line of scrimage the way he does. Earl makes Sherm and especially Browner better, they can be sooooo aggressive because they have Earl over the top to break almost anything up.

Sherm has the stats and the flash, Earl is the most impactfull player in any secondary in the NFL. Yes more than Revis and Sherm, they lock down 1 guy. Earl changes the look and ability of your entire defense.

I gotta disagree about Earl. He is fine nowadays because the league is pass heavy but he would be exposed if every team was a power running offense. Earl would not be a pro bowl SS either (but a starter at worst).

I disagree about impact though. Revis was the key cog in the Jets defense. Yes it functioned fine once he got injured but I attribute that to Rex Ryan and not Antonio Cromartie.

Sherm is more rounded (and hence better in my book), Earl has more of an impact and he is also the one who we could least afford to lose.

If Earl wasn't in Seattle, Brandon Browner would be on the street and Sherm would not be able to play as much press coverage as he does.

I'd say the opposite, I believe Earl is more well rounded and can be an elite level safety in nearly every situation. He's proven alot against the run in the last year or 2.

As good as Sherm is, he is strictly a press corner who plays outside. He can't play the nickel. Earl can play pretty much every spot in the secondary at a near pro bowl level.

Earl will be a generational talent, he's the new Ed Reed in my mind and I have HOF expectations for him if he could ever just hold onto the ball haha

Earl allows us to do EVERYTHING we do on D. Without him we can't let Kam do what he does and come up to the line of scrimage the way he does. Earl makes Sherm and especially Browner better, they can be sooooo aggressive because they have Earl over the top to break almost anything up.

Sherm has the stats and the flash, Earl is the most impactfull player in any secondary in the NFL. Yes more than Revis and Sherm, they lock down 1 guy. Earl changes the look and ability of your entire defense.

I gotta disagree about Earl. He is fine nowadays because the league is pass heavy but he would be exposed if every team was a power running offense. Earl would not be a pro bowl SS either (but a starter at worst).

I disagree about impact though. Revis was the key cog in the Jets defense. Yes it functioned fine once he got injured but I attribute that to Rex Ryan and not Antonio Cromartie.

Sherm gets hurt, plug in another guy. I attribute that to Carroll but it still means Earl has a much much bigger impact on the team style/dynamic and ability than Sherm does. You take Earl out and we change how we play D at the LOS at the LB lvl and in the secondary. You can count on 1 hand the number of guys who do that much for a team._________________L.O.B.- D!CK, BOOM BOOM, ET, BB.

Sherm is more rounded (and hence better in my book), Earl has more of an impact and he is also the one who we could least afford to lose.

If Earl wasn't in Seattle, Brandon Browner would be on the street and Sherm would not be able to play as much press coverage as he does.

I'd say the opposite, I believe Earl is more well rounded and can be an elite level safety in nearly every situation. He's proven alot against the run in the last year or 2.

As good as Sherm is, he is strictly a press corner who plays outside. He can't play the nickel. Earl can play pretty much every spot in the secondary at a near pro bowl level.

Earl will be a generational talent, he's the new Ed Reed in my mind and I have HOF expectations for him if he could ever just hold onto the ball haha

Earl allows us to do EVERYTHING we do on D. Without him we can't let Kam do what he does and come up to the line of scrimage the way he does. Earl makes Sherm and especially Browner better, they can be sooooo aggressive because they have Earl over the top to break almost anything up.

Sherm has the stats and the flash, Earl is the most impactfull player in any secondary in the NFL. Yes more than Revis and Sherm, they lock down 1 guy. Earl changes the look and ability of your entire defense.

I gotta disagree about Earl. He is fine nowadays because the league is pass heavy but he would be exposed if every team was a power running offense. Earl would not be a pro bowl SS either (but a starter at worst).

I disagree about impact though. Revis was the key cog in the Jets defense. Yes it functioned fine once he got injured but I attribute that to Rex Ryan and not Antonio Cromartie.

Sherm gets hurt, plug in another guy. I attribute that to Carroll but it still means Earl has a much much bigger impact on the team style/dynamic and ability than Sherm does. You take Earl out and we change how we play D at the LOS at the LB lvl and in the secondary. You can count on 1 hand the number of guys who do that much for a team.

I don't disagree with you. The team relies upon his exceptional abilities as a deep cover safety to function. I'm just saying that Earl has his own deficiencies (size) but he makes up for that with his speed. Sherm has his own deficiencies (speed) but he makes up for that with his size.

It's harder to find a safety like ET than a corner like Sherm, mostly because teams are only just now looking at bigger corners.